Managing knowledge for innovation: The role of cooperation, competition, and alliance nationality

Journal of International Marketing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 74-94

  Zhang, Haisu ^c   Shu, Chengli ^c   Jiang, Xu ^a   Malter, Alan J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Innovation; Knowledge management; Strategic alliance

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650061273     PISSN: 1069031X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1509/jimk.18.4.74     Document Type: Article

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